I have the sheet music in front of me right now. Correct lyrics are:
COME TO THE FAIR
(Words: Helen Taylor / Music: Easthope Martin, 1917)
1. The sun is a-shining to welcome the day,
Heigh ho, come to the fair,
The folk are all singing so merry and gay,
Heigh ho, come to the fair.
All the stalls on the green are as fine as can be,
With trinkets and tokens so pretty to see,
So it's come, then, maidens and men,
To the fair in the pride of the morning.
So deck yourselves out in your finest array,
With a heigh ho, come to the fair.
2. The fiddles are playing the tune that you know,
Heigh ho, come to the fair,
The drums are all beating away let us go,
Heigh ho, come to the fair.
There'll be racing and chasing from morning till night,
And roundabouts turning to left and to right,
So it's come, then, maidens and men,
To the fair in the pride of the morning.
So lock up your house, there'll be plenty of fun,
And it's heigh ho, come to the fair.
3. For love making too, if so be you've a mind,
Heigh ho, come to the fair,
For hearts that are happy are loving and kind,
Heigh ho, come to the fair.
If haste to the wedding the fiddles should play,
I warrant you'll dance to the end of the day,
Come, then, maidens and men,
To the fair in the pride of the morning.
The sun is a-shining to welcome the day,
With a heigh ho, come to the fair,
Maidens and men, maidens and men,
Come to the fair in the morning,
Heigh ho, come to the fair.
Rachael never came back to give bibliographic information from the sheet music, so what we have is from Fuld, which is usually accurate: Words: Helen Taylor / Music: Easthope Martin
Publication: 1917 (sheet music) -Joe Offer-
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